Location of TSM Files on Macs

Logs, use to check whether backups are being done

There is no easy way for someone not logged onto your system to determine
whether your computer was backed up recently. The user should check the
logs on a regular basis to see if modified files are being picked up.
Incremental backups should be done every day in the early morning.

Located in /Library/Logs/tivoli/tsm

You can look at the logs using a text editor or from a
terminal window using

more dcmsched.log

or

tail -n 25 dcmsched.log

dsmsched.log holds the record of the files backed up during
the last few days

dsmerror.log holds the record of files that could not be
backed due to errors

If there appears to be problems with the backup on your system, email
margaret_doll@brown.edu.

Executables

Located in /Applications/Tivoli Storage Manager

Tivoli Storage Manager

allows you to select the directories and files that
you want to be backed up

To see the included directories/files for backup,
go to Actions, Backup and click
on the box in front of local.

To change the selections, go to
Edit, Client Preferences,
Include-Exclude

Exclude.dir overrides all other
selections.

The selections then start from the bottom
of the list of include/excludes,
putting into action the first statement
that applies to the directory/file.

If no statement is found for the directory/file
the directory/file is included in the
backup.

Be sure to include statements for auxilary
disks.

Hit the Apply and then the
OK buttons
at the bottom of the screen to save the
changes. Exit out of the program.